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there has been some change there and speaker boehner but up the olive branch that is the debt negotiations are all about. but look at the tax-cut issue as a major part of the solution and add that into other deductions it is a chunk of change. >> with the press conference . >> guest: i missed the meeting but they passed their blackberry around. he is clearly showing flexibility but the republicans also have to. >> host: you think by the end of the year will sort it out? you are confident? >> we will have to sort out part of it. fifth not every t in every i will be dotted. the estate tax issue where they are now with exemptions. the number of things that should get done and others could be extended there is m&a. the comprehensive tax reform is the hope to bring the business tax rate down with a loopholes to get rid of the subsidies. many were second per-capita in my state from the pace maker to the post and no. they want to see the business tax rate down and willing to talk about loopholes but that is a major debate that cannot be concluded by the end of the year. that aston be the next thi
there has been some change there and speaker boehner but up the olive branch that is the debt negotiations are all about. but look at the tax-cut issue as a major part of the solution and add that into other deductions it is a chunk of change. >> with the press conference . >> guest: i missed the meeting but they passed their blackberry around. he is clearly showing flexibility but the republicans also have to. >> host: you think by the end of the year will sort it out? you...
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speaker boehner did see that too. he saw the debt ceiling is a moment in which they could extract a germanic concession from the demand democratic. he played the tea party freshman as a bargaining chip. there were examples of him explicitly saying that i have a bunch of hot leather guys over there. they're going to let him default, and if you really want us to vote for this, you have to give us some things. now, this was explicit or invited talks with eric cantor. during the by the talks, when they're discussing revenue increases, kantor says that that is not something that we are prepared to do at all. then vice president biden says what do we get out of it and eric cantor says you have to vote on the debt ceiling. i know that might not sound like much, but the fact is we have a lot of members who feel like failing to raise the debt ceiling is exactly what we need. then kantor says, we are working to educate our guys. >> eric from pennsylvania. please go ahead with your question or comment for robert draper. caller:
speaker boehner did see that too. he saw the debt ceiling is a moment in which they could extract a germanic concession from the demand democratic. he played the tea party freshman as a bargaining chip. there were examples of him explicitly saying that i have a bunch of hot leather guys over there. they're going to let him default, and if you really want us to vote for this, you have to give us some things. now, this was explicit or invited talks with eric cantor. during the by the talks, when...
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characteristic uninsured and beginning the speaker boehner. >> john boehner is a washington my friend was not obvious choice to leave the tea party class. nonetheless he could be the tea party phenomenon for the freight train that was then elected to be on the train rather than underneath it. speaker boehner campaigned heavily for tea party freshman and also believes this present at republicans and indeed america with the great opportunity. his believe, for example, was this would be a perfect recipe for entitlement reform. if you're going after entitlement reform ideally to have bipartisanship and specifically democratic president so they couldn't walk away from it. so he believed he could leverage the deep conservatives and that the tea party into action. but he failed to do so. the tea party freshman at time i spent a great deal of time and i spent time with an awful lot of them, like him personally, found an admiral and a genial ceo. this certainly not as their real leader. that has been implicitly cleared throughout the 112 congress. eric cantor, the majority leader is a bit diff
characteristic uninsured and beginning the speaker boehner. >> john boehner is a washington my friend was not obvious choice to leave the tea party class. nonetheless he could be the tea party phenomenon for the freight train that was then elected to be on the train rather than underneath it. speaker boehner campaigned heavily for tea party freshman and also believes this present at republicans and indeed america with the great opportunity. his believe, for example, was this would be a...
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please help me in welcoming congressman john boehner. [applause] >> the good morning everybody. >> thank you. i would begin by thanking all of you for what you do in the communities in which to live and when you do to help get the american economy going again. you're not going to hear this much in washington, because most people in washington have never had the real job and don't really understand that you have to risk your life savings and risk capital, take out loans at the start of business, hi your employees to buy e equipment, and hoping that you will find the customer, hoping that you will find some business. most people in washington don't understand the risk that's involved. and when you do to help grow the american economy. but as one who took the same kind of risk that all of you that i want to say thanks for what you do for the country and when you do for the communities in which to operate your business this. listen, as you know, i came here as a small-business guy. i came here to slide for a smaller, less costly and more acc
please help me in welcoming congressman john boehner. [applause] >> the good morning everybody. >> thank you. i would begin by thanking all of you for what you do in the communities in which to live and when you do to help get the american economy going again. you're not going to hear this much in washington, because most people in washington have never had the real job and don't really understand that you have to risk your life savings and risk capital, take out loans at the start...
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speaker boehner said when he became speaker, he said we are going to have to behave like adults. that includes the debt limit. it says to me we are operating on dangerous ground. we can get away with it as long as there is no other reserve currency and other countries are doing worse than we are. but it is not a game i believe we should be playing. >> this reminds me, i was interviewing a candidate earlier this cycle. i won't say what office he was running for. but we were discussing his position on the debt ceiling. and i said, would you really -- would you really push hard enough so that we would actually go in default? and the candidate -- he was reasonably bright and articulate, knew something about this -- he looked at me and said, well, you know, yes, because everyone would know it was just a technical default. the u.s. government isn't really going into default. it was a technical default. i thought to myself, well, the european markets would've been very contentious if they wouldn't have fell. that is a radical debate, but now we are going to go to closing statements. the
speaker boehner said when he became speaker, he said we are going to have to behave like adults. that includes the debt limit. it says to me we are operating on dangerous ground. we can get away with it as long as there is no other reserve currency and other countries are doing worse than we are. but it is not a game i believe we should be playing. >> this reminds me, i was interviewing a candidate earlier this cycle. i won't say what office he was running for. but we were discussing his...
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but i think boehner is the one who's got the weight of the world on the shoulders right now in terms of trying to navigate a deal that is at the end of the day, even the president admitted this. he won't cut it back deal, but not everybody will be happy with the deal. not everybody on the left and not everybody on the right is probably going to be happy with the final outcome. that is what dealmaking is about. we've got to hope that it's really the best deal possible for us. >> i would just add in terms of republicans again, first of all exact funding for education is caught up again in this bigger issue of the nondefense discretionary come as any negotiations on the fiscal cliff. unfortunately they don't talk about how much money should title one day, pokhran skit because it's part of this bigger pot of money. our goal is to get rid of the sequestering protect nondefense discretionary. i will say there have been republicans or are republicans who are big fans in particular funding for special education for children to disabilities. it's one of the more bipartisan programs. there's a
but i think boehner is the one who's got the weight of the world on the shoulders right now in terms of trying to navigate a deal that is at the end of the day, even the president admitted this. he won't cut it back deal, but not everybody will be happy with the deal. not everybody on the left and not everybody on the right is probably going to be happy with the final outcome. that is what dealmaking is about. we've got to hope that it's really the best deal possible for us. >> i would...
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of course boehner had a cigarette and they put the cigarette in the ashtray away from the picture. but they haven't closed the deal on the personal relations and that's a shame. i think somebody said this month during your breakfast, you should sponsor a weekly dinner between obama and honor and everyone would agree to pay for it and let them talk and get to know each other. [inaudible] >> john collingwood. that's right. what do you think? [inaudible] [laughter] >> a special round? well, you know it's a personal relationships, when john was the sba spokesman, he was often not helpful, but you could always talk to him and get him on the phone and if you have a good story, he would confirm it by laughing. a deep laugh that you run the right track. no laughter meant no. >> overlooks lake the tide is going against republicans. >> well, i think in the short political terms, yes. the polling shows republicans will be blamed. but remember, this is the obama era. it's going to go down in his economy. i asked people, who was speaker of the house during the great depression when roosevelt wa
of course boehner had a cigarette and they put the cigarette in the ashtray away from the picture. but they haven't closed the deal on the personal relations and that's a shame. i think somebody said this month during your breakfast, you should sponsor a weekly dinner between obama and honor and everyone would agree to pay for it and let them talk and get to know each other. [inaudible] >> john collingwood. that's right. what do you think? [inaudible] [laughter] >> a special round?...
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in the case of boehner, suspect he would mind. he will feel he is obliged to cut a deal with a bomb and 2013 if romney has lost. but i think people say bipartisanship come up with various leadership negotiation. the other is picking off the members against the wishes of leadership. >> the premise of both of those is there has to be personal relationships. the ambassador pointed out well that governor romney will have those talents. president obama knows he has them. you just going out to not not demonstrate them and be more engaged. >> and so, the reality is this spirit we are a few short weeks away from the real work starting. i think bill had it right on and i totally agree. i think there will be a moment of clarity. we will all wake up the next morning and some will be happy, some will be sad. and then the expectations will be there. we got to move. people will think differently about this interregnum between november and january because the fiscal cliff in the reality of a downgrade, and s&p downgraded the impact on the market
in the case of boehner, suspect he would mind. he will feel he is obliged to cut a deal with a bomb and 2013 if romney has lost. but i think people say bipartisanship come up with various leadership negotiation. the other is picking off the members against the wishes of leadership. >> the premise of both of those is there has to be personal relationships. the ambassador pointed out well that governor romney will have those talents. president obama knows he has them. you just going out to...
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the speaker boehner have the votes for his proposal? >> the real question is he puts things out there with entitlements but it all private read to the will to you and your stand medicare/medicaid and long-term security drive the budget. the fact we discuss them is good. if it will be a deal there will have to be votes from both sides. the president and the speaker have dealt with one another before. on extending the bush tax cuts they did not shut down the government and cut discretionary spending and budget for the exchange in the increase but but of the debt ceiling this is more complex. and the beginning of the serious -- series of negotiations. the president is the president he won the election but the republicans won the house and not likely with the midterm election. hopefully this is the beginning of a good productive legislation's been iq made headlines to say go-ahead extend the tax cuts and later fight to extend for wealthier americans. does that change your position? >> what is the right thing to do but the two sides agreed t
the speaker boehner have the votes for his proposal? >> the real question is he puts things out there with entitlements but it all private read to the will to you and your stand medicare/medicaid and long-term security drive the budget. the fact we discuss them is good. if it will be a deal there will have to be votes from both sides. the president and the speaker have dealt with one another before. on extending the bush tax cuts they did not shut down the government and cut discretionary...
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how have the lawmakers in the house and the house speaker john boehner reacted to his latest proposal the would freeze the interest rates for the year? >> they are unwilling to look at until they see that the senate could actually pass a bill to read this has been an on going back and forth between the house and senate the student loan issue and the highway bill issue for several months now. the house has passed a bill to freeze the subsidized student loan interest rate for one-year for a federal health prevention fund as part of obama's health plan as the offset for it. since the past that they feel no need to act until they see the senate passing something and it's on clear whether they will so they're basically not even paying attention to it. >> what is the status of the conference committee on renewing the surface transportation programs? >> the conferees of the transportation committee in the house and the senate have been exchanging papers back and forth for several weeks and say they are working very hard. the problem is they haven't even touched some of the top line controver
how have the lawmakers in the house and the house speaker john boehner reacted to his latest proposal the would freeze the interest rates for the year? >> they are unwilling to look at until they see that the senate could actually pass a bill to read this has been an on going back and forth between the house and senate the student loan issue and the highway bill issue for several months now. the house has passed a bill to freeze the subsidized student loan interest rate for one-year for a...
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john boehner, as speaker of the house should provide leadership to ensure a debt deal gets done. i believe bob woodward had interviews with boehner and the president we were complaining about bet debate and it fell flat but these guys are fighting about the amount of taxes and spending. one year later we're waiting for the fiscal cliff. apple has been very successful making products that they want but they are sitting on $40 billion of cash and much of that is overseas. it is not coming back unless there is an environment that is favorable for apple. i don't know where it spends its money in the u.s. but there's a lot of the balance sheet that is overseas. if they brought their money back if you think apple is successful now they could be a bigger contributor by hiring employees. yes, a proud american company but look on the other side of your iphone designed in california, and made in china at. >>host: last call comes from jefferson organic from the republican side. >> caller: hello. it is an honor to talk to you. iowa cnbc from squawk to the closing bell. is any of the money fr
john boehner, as speaker of the house should provide leadership to ensure a debt deal gets done. i believe bob woodward had interviews with boehner and the president we were complaining about bet debate and it fell flat but these guys are fighting about the amount of taxes and spending. one year later we're waiting for the fiscal cliff. apple has been very successful making products that they want but they are sitting on $40 billion of cash and much of that is overseas. it is not coming back...
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but the tea pert and people like allen west wouldn't let boehner make a deal. every was on at the table but the tea party wouldn't let it happen. now we have see sequestration. looming cults at the end of the year that our economy cannot sustain. it's because of the extremism that we couldn't reach those compromises. >> the see sequestration what probe's -- president president s idea. >> you voted for it. >> and guess what? i also brought legislation to the house floor to stave off the sequestration for a year or two years. i'm taking action. >> we're talking about pending cuts and social programs, before the end of the year, jonathan, good point to hop off to medicare and health care. jonathan, your question, i believe, goes to mr. murphy for one minute. insure... murphy: sure, that is the kaiser family foundation study that you are referring to that said that under the plan, 60% of seniors are going to face cost increases. so, this is something that needs to be addressed when people are looking at the plan and what happened here. under the ryan plan that my o
but the tea pert and people like allen west wouldn't let boehner make a deal. every was on at the table but the tea party wouldn't let it happen. now we have see sequestration. looming cults at the end of the year that our economy cannot sustain. it's because of the extremism that we couldn't reach those compromises. >> the see sequestration what probe's -- president president s idea. >> you voted for it. >> and guess what? i also brought legislation to the house floor to...
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ken john boehner, the time he is running for reelection as a leader, can he say that i'm going to make a deal that will include big tax increases? >> that's a good question. i was informed recently of a conversation about a leading player on taxes who has a background on the democratic side. in the conversation, the republicans said democrats are going to have to cave on taxes because john boehner can't move his caucus before january 1, but the president can rollover before january 1 before he gets reelected, so that's what we'll have to happen. for many of us, we see this as a prescription to never get anywhere. the hope is that after the election, the discussion proceeds in such a fashion that there can be agreement in december. but i think the very point that you mentioned is one of the reasons why i believe it is more likely that we will get a deal in january rather than december for precisely the point you mentioned about the elections in the house. >> let's give you all an opportunity to ask questions remapped i should state it more clearly. the bottom line is what does it take t
ken john boehner, the time he is running for reelection as a leader, can he say that i'm going to make a deal that will include big tax increases? >> that's a good question. i was informed recently of a conversation about a leading player on taxes who has a background on the democratic side. in the conversation, the republicans said democrats are going to have to cave on taxes because john boehner can't move his caucus before january 1, but the president can rollover before january 1...
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president, john boehner, harry reid, and senator mcconnell -- you can't do in three and half weeks a half weeks what needs to be done. the next year is that moment of opportunity. and i think the work is being done and i think this will help get a result. >> when he does come back and say, i was disappointed when the president come after simpson-bowles, didn't really embrace it and i don't know that we would've adopted it, but it would have been the least possible. it is because the president has been reelected after a very tough campaign. the republicans have been upset by the results of the campaign and you have the raw personal material for this to work out to everyone's benefit. he is very much smart and very effective. >> inner has to get the votes. he calls for both it only gets a vote on his conference committee has problems of his own. .. >> maybe the world economy would collapse if we didn't deal with it, it was taken tonight house of representatives r and it was defeated, and they timely got it passed after they -- after the market tankedded, and then you had the same crowd
president, john boehner, harry reid, and senator mcconnell -- you can't do in three and half weeks a half weeks what needs to be done. the next year is that moment of opportunity. and i think the work is being done and i think this will help get a result. >> when he does come back and say, i was disappointed when the president come after simpson-bowles, didn't really embrace it and i don't know that we would've adopted it, but it would have been the least possible. it is because the...
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any time john boehner or any time in a conservative mentions an issue relating to women, the left goes they hate women. they don't have to have anything to back it up. but if they say it enough time and convince us, then they shut down the entire issue of women and that's what they want. that is why they go after women with such a viciousness, conservative women. because they know that women, conservative women represent the greatest threat to their last group, their ability to win the elections if they lose women, if they stop convincing women that they are the assault force that represents their ideology they will start losing the entire war of ideas so that they are trying to do is shut it down and trying to keep it open, free and open exchange of ideas from happening tall levels because if they do that, we went to the we cannot let them win. we have to continually engaged. i happen to believe that groups like clare boothe luce are so important because for some reason, and some of you ladies might disagree with me but for some reason, conservative women tend to need an extra push an
any time john boehner or any time in a conservative mentions an issue relating to women, the left goes they hate women. they don't have to have anything to back it up. but if they say it enough time and convince us, then they shut down the entire issue of women and that's what they want. that is why they go after women with such a viciousness, conservative women. because they know that women, conservative women represent the greatest threat to their last group, their ability to win the...
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i just want to share an e-mail from a republican constituent done boehner. mommy, daddy, somebody please help me. we know it is time for something to be done. as parents and family members who are responsible gun owners our voices will have a fact when we say it is time. it is time. we must do everything we possibly can to minimize the violence. a proposal has been mentioned today, assault magazines i am a hunter. there's no reason to have a magazine that holds 30 shells. we can only have in the field three shells and our guns. why do you need 30? is an assault magazine. call it what it is. and assaults magazine we have no reason to assault anyone in our communities where neighborhoods. we need to come together and later pelosi has asked me to chair the effort. everybody has something to offer. we need to move forward with the comprehensive package 2.emplace appropriate to restrictions on inappropriate firearms and the need to protect mentally stable individuals to use legitimate firearms but there is a lot of work that needs to be done. it is time. >> good
i just want to share an e-mail from a republican constituent done boehner. mommy, daddy, somebody please help me. we know it is time for something to be done. as parents and family members who are responsible gun owners our voices will have a fact when we say it is time. it is time. we must do everything we possibly can to minimize the violence. a proposal has been mentioned today, assault magazines i am a hunter. there's no reason to have a magazine that holds 30 shells. we can only have in...
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to work out some compromise enough for deputy attorney general to meet wes speaker boehner or committee chairman gerald ice with the deals happening. i think there would be some government concessions made at the justice department. but right now they are continually talking about costs, which is their way of trying to to -- the white house is with pushing back on the republicans. we had these issues before, but the stakes are very high. >> your store and politicos suggest that perhaps republican leaders do not want to keep the the content story. >> it is basically like the justice department to co-opt or read. they wanted an illegitimate way way. this congressional obligation to get at the justice department as they said drawing official formal letter that took place last year. so they feel they have the right to ask for it and turning now for a lot of information in the white house does not embrace on this material. but attorney general holder's response was, well, a lot of the material leads to an ongoing terminal investigation so we can give it to republicans on the hill. so i think
to work out some compromise enough for deputy attorney general to meet wes speaker boehner or committee chairman gerald ice with the deals happening. i think there would be some government concessions made at the justice department. but right now they are continually talking about costs, which is their way of trying to to -- the white house is with pushing back on the republicans. we had these issues before, but the stakes are very high. >> your store and politicos suggest that perhaps...
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>> guest: eaker boehner and eric cantor had a hard job. with the president the was radically different from bill clinton. he was governor of arkansas. you had to work with them. even when we were fighting we knew we had to talk to each other. obama is a classic college professor. my way are no way. mr. boehner has kept his temper. then you have harry reid who has no basis for his attacks on romney. president and senate you cannot work with their trying to patiently by their time. and they want a senate who will work. >> caller: hello. i wish you were the classic college professor. i don't know if you are the most intelligent in the room but you articulate the most intelligent points. my president come a first of all, i would like someone to call this man the pander err in chief. women, a free contraception, hispanics, we lfare, a voter registration, amnesty light. it now comes with your welfare check as well as comments on the welfare to work, gay marriage marriage, environmental, xl pipeline, although bail-out and governors get stimulus m
>> guest: eaker boehner and eric cantor had a hard job. with the president the was radically different from bill clinton. he was governor of arkansas. you had to work with them. even when we were fighting we knew we had to talk to each other. obama is a classic college professor. my way are no way. mr. boehner has kept his temper. then you have harry reid who has no basis for his attacks on romney. president and senate you cannot work with their trying to patiently by their time. and they...
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remember, congress is controlled as senator harry reid who is a democrat and john boehner, speaker was a a republican president who is a democrat. two out of three seats held by democrats. the only way to get to these big issues is to start with the budget. we propose to do house to badgers and i've been the subject of nasty ad and my willingness to stand up and ring something to the table. there hasn't been a budget in the senate for three and a half years. that is not leadership. >> this is definitely important. the congressman bass wants to talk about the plan and i will let knowledge a broad approach like that is probably the direction we need to go. the reality is he voted for the rhein budget both before simpson/bowles and within 24 hours of the vote and the ryan budget has deep cuts to everything we need to get the economy moving again. education, innovation, infrastructure, roads, bridges, highways, we know how to get the economy going. we know you have to invest in opportunity today for prosperity to miron at the same time the ryan budget is not serious about cutting deficits
remember, congress is controlled as senator harry reid who is a democrat and john boehner, speaker was a a republican president who is a democrat. two out of three seats held by democrats. the only way to get to these big issues is to start with the budget. we propose to do house to badgers and i've been the subject of nasty ad and my willingness to stand up and ring something to the table. there hasn't been a budget in the senate for three and a half years. that is not leadership. >>...
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or two questions that john boehner. number one, ac temperamentally willing to go and legislate, especially if he is major concessions president. i think you might get the answer is yes. at least the second second question. can he bring his caucus along? a couple of the leading tea party members of the house republican maturity would see this, but the caucus is still as conservative as it was before last night. so i don't know the answer, but we have issues that could really divide us. immigration for the president is going to move ahead very quick we. i see the tender when deal that every republican presidential candidate said they would not accept. it may not be tender one. 41 or 51, the republicans get at least 80% of what they want. the question is can they say yes to 80% of what they want? the final one is the supreme court. especially what happens if antonin scalia or anthony kennedy retire? forget ruth bader ginsburg. lusciously what happened even if there's a mainstream nominee what if president obama names the f
or two questions that john boehner. number one, ac temperamentally willing to go and legislate, especially if he is major concessions president. i think you might get the answer is yes. at least the second second question. can he bring his caucus along? a couple of the leading tea party members of the house republican maturity would see this, but the caucus is still as conservative as it was before last night. so i don't know the answer, but we have issues that could really divide us....
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we may have the debt limit reached again and that is what we were talking about earlier with john boehner saying we will bring it down unless we get what we want in it and we've got all of these sequesters taking effect on june reversed mindless across-the-board cuts in the short term is all about disasters in the long run you have an of member of the new to solve the problem but you may not be alive along the way. if we end up with a my way or highway confrontation at that point, god help us and that is our problem i think and another part which is reflected what tom is saying is a widespread public misunderstanding of the stimulus we didn't have a typical recession when we rebound quickly. it's one caused by a financial crisis. we are doing so much better than other countries, and the stimulus, without the stimulus we would be possibly close to a depression right now. we know from most of the forecasts that millions of jobs and economic growth were created but people don't see it coming and there is an understandable unhappiness with government, unemployment remains stubbornly high and
we may have the debt limit reached again and that is what we were talking about earlier with john boehner saying we will bring it down unless we get what we want in it and we've got all of these sequesters taking effect on june reversed mindless across-the-board cuts in the short term is all about disasters in the long run you have an of member of the new to solve the problem but you may not be alive along the way. if we end up with a my way or highway confrontation at that point, god help us...
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boehner said he would bring the bill up before the enof the year. i'm taking his word for it. heitkamp: there's no better example at all on the failure of this congress than the farm bill. congressman berg stands here, a member of the house of representatives. the senate was able to pass, all be3w- it, an imperfect farm biln the senate. went over to the house of representatives, waiting for that to pass the house. when we talk about gridlock, the gridlock we got was within the republican party.ñ&3 it was the fightñ&r between canr and boehner to move it forward. berg talked about the effort to move the farm bill forward, and i liken that to waking up in the 4th quarter, shooting the ball, but you're 50 appointments down. you didn't sign up for the ag committee. you said you would sport the bill. there's no evidence you tried, and when we talk about the discharge petition. how many votes were republican signatures on the discharge petition? there was nine including yours and over 40 democrat votes. you cannot look at any kind of activity that you had on the farm bill and claim
boehner said he would bring the bill up before the enof the year. i'm taking his word for it. heitkamp: there's no better example at all on the failure of this congress than the farm bill. congressman berg stands here, a member of the house of representatives. the senate was able to pass, all be3w- it, an imperfect farm biln the senate. went over to the house of representatives, waiting for that to pass the house. when we talk about gridlock, the gridlock we got was within the republican...
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in summer of 2011 and speaker boehner and president of that an agreement in principle for a deficit reduction package of 3 billion to $3 trillion, those 43 t. party republicans reject today and almost brought the country to bankruptcy. they say the pc party. because of money and focus they made it happen and brought us to where we are today. see the guy who won in indiana, defeating dick lugar, great united states senator, happen to be a republican. the tea parties said the air of confrontation has begun. my idea's success democrats support my position. such ignorance. we wouldn't have a constitution without compromise. that is the only way we move to countries diversions forward. occupied. have a great slogan for the 99%. i pointed out a very important issue. income inequality in our country today was not adequately funded, did not choose to have a specific objective and did not choose to get involved in congressional races. there's now 11 ready to brooklyn. the result was there it is. they're not a factor. tea party is dominant. again come you cannot underestimate the difference in money he
in summer of 2011 and speaker boehner and president of that an agreement in principle for a deficit reduction package of 3 billion to $3 trillion, those 43 t. party republicans reject today and almost brought the country to bankruptcy. they say the pc party. because of money and focus they made it happen and brought us to where we are today. see the guy who won in indiana, defeating dick lugar, great united states senator, happen to be a republican. the tea parties said the air of confrontation...
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and i think it's a much harder thing as we've seen speaker boehner try to work through that, not terribly successfully. so there is right now in the republican party, a harder edge about it. we do not know if you had a republican president in the equivalent of the democratic party of the democratic majority on one side whether we would see the same kind of thing, but at this point it's more heavily on the republican side. >> anyone else want to weigh in on that question quick >> i find myself nodding in agreement and i don't want this to happen. it's often forgotten that the inspiration for today's conservative movement is the communist party. it's not often remembered because there's a bit of exaggeration. the principal strategists at the conservative movement did take a lot of this tactical inspirations from battling communist with the american veterans after world war ii and realized this talk of voting, dominating means that the whole array of type dixie vow that a small faction can use to take power within the larger body which is largely unaware. and over the years the success of th
and i think it's a much harder thing as we've seen speaker boehner try to work through that, not terribly successfully. so there is right now in the republican party, a harder edge about it. we do not know if you had a republican president in the equivalent of the democratic party of the democratic majority on one side whether we would see the same kind of thing, but at this point it's more heavily on the republican side. >> anyone else want to weigh in on that question quick >> i...
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speaker boehner and the republicans were resisting us until the end. now they are calling for a 20% -- not 2% -- 20% tax rate for those making over $1 million a year. the good news for donald trump. good news for oprah winfrey. bad news for working families across america's america. all it does is add to the deficit by providing a tax break of $45,000 more a year for those making over $1 million. let me tell you what we should do instead. the senate bill is very basic. it provides a 10% income tax credit on new payroll through hiring or increased wages for jobs in 2012. and it extends a provision that allows businesses to write off the entire cost of major purchases in the year 2012. think about that. there is a incentive for a new business and also to make your capital purchases to build their business. which is likely to create more jobs? a 20% tax break for donald trump, or this kind of investment in real businesses across america, which create real jobs? congress shouldn't be padding the pockets of the rich. what we ought to be doing is working so
speaker boehner and the republicans were resisting us until the end. now they are calling for a 20% -- not 2% -- 20% tax rate for those making over $1 million a year. the good news for donald trump. good news for oprah winfrey. bad news for working families across america's america. all it does is add to the deficit by providing a tax break of $45,000 more a year for those making over $1 million. let me tell you what we should do instead. the senate bill is very basic. it provides a 10% income...
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did you personally read speaker boehner's letter sent you on may may 18, 2012? >> yes, i got that. >> did you read that? >> yes. >> have you personally responded to the speaker? >> the deputy attorney general responded. >> you delegated that to do school? >> i did not delegated, it was appropriate for him to respond. what i am willing to do is engage with the people who signed that letter, before people come and try to come to an accommodation so we can get to the information that we need for you, which is what we need to do to protect the ongoing investigation. we want to get to the end of it. >> i have a hard time finding that true. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> welcome back, attorney general. as you said, the eighth occasion you were up here before as. as i have stated before, the first thing i will say is that i have to commend your demeanor. your patience. your to quorum, in appearing before us. and subjecting yourself sometimes to a process that i do not believe is fair. if anything, this committee should always try to afforded due process. and i
did you personally read speaker boehner's letter sent you on may may 18, 2012? >> yes, i got that. >> did you read that? >> yes. >> have you personally responded to the speaker? >> the deputy attorney general responded. >> you delegated that to do school? >> i did not delegated, it was appropriate for him to respond. what i am willing to do is engage with the people who signed that letter, before people come and try to come to an accommodation so we can...
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. >> speaker boehner have somebody from arkansas in his book tonight, a manufacturer. do you -- that were to have worked on the xl pipeline to disconnect yes. one of the things the president said that i agree with that he was and all of the above meaning that we needed to use all of the forms of energy. but the reality is he talked about natural gas and some of these other things that we are an oil dependent economy right now. and so, you know, that his rhetoric really hasn't played out. he disapproved the keystone pipeline. that would be -- that would be a big plus to the people of america. the specifically the arkansas since a lot of that pipeline will be manufactured in little rock and then a lot of the steel, so you are really talking about tens of thousands of jobs throughout the country. and we also talk about, you know, the separation. the rich are growing richer and those kind things. these are good middle class jobs. >> senator boozman is also dr. boozman. another on a doctor. spec well, yeah. i would rather you introduce me as an optometrist. that is one of t
. >> speaker boehner have somebody from arkansas in his book tonight, a manufacturer. do you -- that were to have worked on the xl pipeline to disconnect yes. one of the things the president said that i agree with that he was and all of the above meaning that we needed to use all of the forms of energy. but the reality is he talked about natural gas and some of these other things that we are an oil dependent economy right now. and so, you know, that his rhetoric really hasn't played out....
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chairman, taking the volcker rule into effect there is a debate with the boehner plan about the chained cpi and as an economist is there logic and going to that? do think it's a move that should be done separate from the politics of it and again the labor market come he talked about the importance of the 6.5% threshold but the broader conditions and the nemesis -- in your mind what is happening in the job market? are we creating jobs? is that why it's coming down or is it because people, the degree of discouraged workers? what is your sense on how quickly it has fallen because of new employment? >> on the first question, chained cpi versus the fixed-rate cpi, the technical issue, chained cpi is technically better according to most economists because it allows for changes in goods and services that people actually consume more effectively. however more appropriate for social security indexing or not i think that is a political decision. i suppose a rejoinder would be that neither the cpi nor the chained cpi may be a good measure of the cost of living for social security recipients so tho
chairman, taking the volcker rule into effect there is a debate with the boehner plan about the chained cpi and as an economist is there logic and going to that? do think it's a move that should be done separate from the politics of it and again the labor market come he talked about the importance of the 6.5% threshold but the broader conditions and the nemesis -- in your mind what is happening in the job market? are we creating jobs? is that why it's coming down or is it because people, the...
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john boehner comes down to moderating a moderate rpublican hian anybody that might elce ftwie he amelantoe ar bblieved, they always seem to think that there is some chance for the rationality to prail. ani think the thr anerarpuas? eate l dmocrats have a meeting othe democratic version of frank luntz and make deatd'eqithecision i think appetite for payback but i'm sure lot of democrats will be wishinthey did in fact this is ree th w don't want the. prosperity we've known and the future we'ven ob maioaty ben ettt moy will respond. i like to think that's the case. that's as close as i an get to [lte [aaupat now you are going to get a chance to sign books. all ofou please help with the t denly came on their radar the process began getting planted in different countries tequad deone taking the ti gote wi webcmws ser than being in the studio has an anchor with producers left and right and researchers and an eapifor inat htitcnit sig pr n ith my phone having cozzens of twitter followers doing that for me so i could essentially due anchor vege o he volns hc >>> at one time in 1967 this was called
john boehner comes down to moderating a moderate rpublican hian anybody that might elce ftwie he amelantoe ar bblieved, they always seem to think that there is some chance for the rationality to prail. ani think the thr anerarpuas? eate l dmocrats have a meeting othe democratic version of frank luntz and make deatd'eqithecision i think appetite for payback but i'm sure lot of democrats will be wishinthey did in fact this is ree th w don't want the. prosperity we've known and the future we'ven...
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abdicated responsibility since he got his last defeat from the senate democrats who told him, don't take boehner's deal and we have this uncertain, this terrible economy, and here we have mr. mccane's best speaker, and you can see how well he did, trying to defend this policy instead of doing what you need to do. wake people up, say, spending money on government workers and spending more money on their retirements, so me, 60 some-year-old unemployment retiree has to pay more money for the california politics. it's ridiculous. >> guest: well, thank you for the call. and you said a lot. so let me just focus on -- one aspect of your comments and that's our fiscal situation. you're absolutely right. this is a very serious problem. i don't think it's going to be the issue for the next month or the next six months. i think gasoline prices will probably be more of a threat to our economy. but you look out a year or two or three, if we as a nation don't come together and figure out how to address our long-term fiscal challenges in a more consistent, coherent way, we have a big problem. ultimately this is
abdicated responsibility since he got his last defeat from the senate democrats who told him, don't take boehner's deal and we have this uncertain, this terrible economy, and here we have mr. mccane's best speaker, and you can see how well he did, trying to defend this policy instead of doing what you need to do. wake people up, say, spending money on government workers and spending more money on their retirements, so me, 60 some-year-old unemployment retiree has to pay more money for the...
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i remember calling up a guy before i worked for romney i worked for boehner in the majority leader officer, i called up the digital guy tell me about twitter. how it's going work. he said you don't need to know it. it's not a big thing. here we're now, i notice during the campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom up through twitter. and -- even when i was on the plane. we would do the different gaggle. she would do it on a bigger plane. air force one. we call pear force one. i would got back of the plane and gaggle for fifteen or twint minutes. by the time i would come back i would come back on twitter and say it made news. >> people responded and taked you on twitter. >> when you say people you don't mean people you mean reporters. >> or people. [laughter] reporters are not people. >> that was on the free to be you and me. the reporters are people. but you mean this was the kind of back stage conversation you were watching playout on twitter? sometimes real people. it was more important how the journalist were using twitter. >> yeah. it became a incredible news. you could
i remember calling up a guy before i worked for romney i worked for boehner in the majority leader officer, i called up the digital guy tell me about twitter. how it's going work. he said you don't need to know it. it's not a big thing. here we're now, i notice during the campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom up through twitter. and -- even when i was on the plane. we would do the different gaggle. she would do it on a bigger plane. air force one. we call pear force one. i...
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john boehner threatened again a debt ceiling, not to raise the debt ceiling, which come in the last time, helped him in our economy further and put our credit rating to be diminished. we pass a legislation that we knew that we would have to mean jobs, because we would hire people to do the jobs that we needed to be done in our country. so, here is the trick. during the obama administration, 4.3 million jobs have been created. now, i know we had a bad week when we were talking about only 69,000 jobs that were created, i just want to point out that that 69,000 jobs is still 69,000 more jobs that were created than during eight years of the bush administration. [applause] twenty-seven months of street jobs. here is the solution that the republicans offer. austerity, we know how well that worked. roger pointed out how well that worked in europe. about the bulls system -- the bulls system plan, i offer my own alternative because i just want to make sure that everybody is clear about what bowles-simpson really good because i do not think that people really understand what is in it. among other
john boehner threatened again a debt ceiling, not to raise the debt ceiling, which come in the last time, helped him in our economy further and put our credit rating to be diminished. we pass a legislation that we knew that we would have to mean jobs, because we would hire people to do the jobs that we needed to be done in our country. so, here is the trick. during the obama administration, 4.3 million jobs have been created. now, i know we had a bad week when we were talking about only 69,000...
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boehner, do you think ron paul and rick santorum and newt gingrich should drop out -- >> that relates to the jobs act how? no. >> well, they have different jobs -- [laughter] >> what's your question? >> should they drop out of the race now? >> listen, we are about a system in the country. everybody can speak their will, free to conduct their lives in any legal way, and, again, we're a party of ideas. we've seen a very hard fought primary with a robust debate, and i'm looking forward to the party focusing in on the issues that most people are concerned about today, and that's what this bill is about. it's about getting back to work, creating job, and we know we do that through small business which is why this bill is appropriate. >> sure, they'll support the package because they supported the measures in the past, but some of them already passed the house, and additionally, leader pelosi said she, this morning, called this package too meager. it's so meager, she said to me. what do you think of that? >> you know, i think, look, the problem is the congressional performance in producing
boehner, do you think ron paul and rick santorum and newt gingrich should drop out -- >> that relates to the jobs act how? no. >> well, they have different jobs -- [laughter] >> what's your question? >> should they drop out of the race now? >> listen, we are about a system in the country. everybody can speak their will, free to conduct their lives in any legal way, and, again, we're a party of ideas. we've seen a very hard fought primary with a robust debate, and...
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house speaker john boehner, arizona senator john mccain and others have rejected the allegations. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a briefing by a man who i frankly can't find enough superlatives to describe. i'm going to give it a shot. i'm frank gaffney at the center for security policy and we are really thrilled to be able to welcome you enter particularly the media a much larger audience, a man who has acquitted hens out in any number of capacities for such distinction as ice day by modest vocabulary fails me. and the mccarthy is a distinguished public servant, having served as among other things the chief assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york in which capacity he successfully prosecuted an extraordinarily dangerous conspiracy aimed at trying to destroy the world trade center the first time back in 1993 and half in its crosshairs a number of other sites, and many in the new york area that resulted in the conviction of the blind sheik, sub tab and his co-conspirators, which is a matter of butterball conspirators at the moment, which the musli
house speaker john boehner, arizona senator john mccain and others have rejected the allegations. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a briefing by a man who i frankly can't find enough superlatives to describe. i'm going to give it a shot. i'm frank gaffney at the center for security policy and we are really thrilled to be able to welcome you enter particularly the media a much larger audience, a man who has acquitted hens out in any number of capacities for such distinction...
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on the house side speaker boehner asked representative thornberry for a broad framework of the policy with the house and each individual chairman is supposed to work within their jurisdiction to achieve what is in their jurisdiction and set that framework. chairman rodgers asked us to take a look at what he's felt we could do to solve this problem. obviously this is not going to be a complete solution to the problem but i think and make an important contribution. on examination of the issue we came across -- as a model that harnesses value-added intelligence. information gathering provides the private sector, it's a very narrow pilot. we based our bill on that structure that provides positive authorities for the intelligence community to provide classified information the private sector and also we knocked down as rest discuss tried to knock down those barriers in information sharing. as they were proceeding to the pilot they found the information going outbound to the companies was going pretty well. not a lot of information of value was going back in their and their companies have a
on the house side speaker boehner asked representative thornberry for a broad framework of the policy with the house and each individual chairman is supposed to work within their jurisdiction to achieve what is in their jurisdiction and set that framework. chairman rodgers asked us to take a look at what he's felt we could do to solve this problem. obviously this is not going to be a complete solution to the problem but i think and make an important contribution. on examination of the issue we...
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john boehner did not issue was the one member who voted to raise taxes on the middle class. >>moderator: another 30 seconds. buerkle: what dan maffei does is distort my record he is not willing to take responsibility for his own record. one has to be responsible. he talks about over $1 million so many file a personal tax return to say it low desperately affect job creators they don't need to be taxed any further. >> guy support the eisenhower rates they could raise 1.2 trillion dollars. we are not hearing from ann marie buerkle 49 how they will cover the deficit. they don't to bring in any other revenue. what program will they cut? >> we do raise 81 percent of what the president was a good raise a few cap at 1 million. the jt's the farms that pay '04 $1 million ann marie buerkle trying to protect her wealthy friends. the adl that i distort the record. >>moderator: reem will see what happens done tuesday. talk about simpson bowles the bipartisan commission studying this and great detail they came up with a plan to reduce it and simplify and lower tax rates across the board al
john boehner did not issue was the one member who voted to raise taxes on the middle class. >>moderator: another 30 seconds. buerkle: what dan maffei does is distort my record he is not willing to take responsibility for his own record. one has to be responsible. he talks about over $1 million so many file a personal tax return to say it low desperately affect job creators they don't need to be taxed any further. >> guy support the eisenhower rates they could raise 1.2 trillion...
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it will be pushed off for six months and in addition if you have a wave election would mean and what boehner said the other day, that he had a problem with the idea because a wave election there is going to be the change in the makeup of the house and/or the senate and do you want this old house and senate which is unrepresentative with the what the country has just voted making laws you know that are contrary to what the new house and senate are going to do? i think most likely for all the fears and lord knows we will cover it on cable news, of a fiscal cliff my guess is just that they will put it off. >> and we do see the likelihood of a deal to make a deal as they are saying but there are two complications to that. there is one incentive for the markets day by day and there will be a lot of incentive to reassure the markets but the two, the two impediments to that, one the white house intends to play real hardball. they feel by putting it off, they loose their leverage and they do not plan to just extend all that, punk all that. there is going to be a fighter for that and second of presid
it will be pushed off for six months and in addition if you have a wave election would mean and what boehner said the other day, that he had a problem with the idea because a wave election there is going to be the change in the makeup of the house and/or the senate and do you want this old house and senate which is unrepresentative with the what the country has just voted making laws you know that are contrary to what the new house and senate are going to do? i think most likely for all the...
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patrick's day thing where he visited with john boehner, and he told this like jolly st. patrick's day story about how, you know, we may haggle over issues during the day, but at night we're such good friends. i was like, woah, you know, like, i've been covering this guy for a long time, and it just doesn't sound like him, and so i think part of what you have to do is find a way to set aside political requirements in a way that's authentic to him and appeals to people who found him to be an original and unique voice in american and political life. >> thank you, both, for coming. i feel everyone is asking what i'm asking. i hope it's not making you repeat yourself, but i also wanted to ask about obama's political instincts because my impression about him in leading about him is he's very intellectual like a law professor in approaching policy issue, and i was wondering, and you also see stuff in the news about questioning what is the obama doctrine in looking for common threads policy-wise, and so i was wopped -- wondering if you could talk about how he approaches policy i
patrick's day thing where he visited with john boehner, and he told this like jolly st. patrick's day story about how, you know, we may haggle over issues during the day, but at night we're such good friends. i was like, woah, you know, like, i've been covering this guy for a long time, and it just doesn't sound like him, and so i think part of what you have to do is find a way to set aside political requirements in a way that's authentic to him and appeals to people who found him to be an...